Limbal and conjunctival epithelium after corneal cross-linking using riboflavin and UVA

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1448-1454

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a   Mazzotta, Cosimo ^b   Kalinski, Thomas ^c   Sel, Saadettin ^d  

^a Eye Laser Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; cornea; cross linking; epithelium; riboflavin; safety; UVA

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DEXTRAN; EOSIN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEAL CROSS LINKING; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 81355160554     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182199d7e     Document Type: Article

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